I was sitting under my favorite tree, yes I now have a favorite tree here. This was like a second home, until my last encounter with that masked or not masked scary face woman. It's been peaceful the last few days, no Ziko, no masked face girl. Just me, exploring the forest.
But looks like my luck have finally run out.
She appeared from nowhere, crawling towards me. She looked almost exactly the way she was looking last time, only that this time the colour of her eyes are red and her lower teeth have turned into fangs.
How do I get out of here right now?
What sort of life is this?
I know I should stand up and run, she was crawling closer and closer. But what's the use of running when I knew she'd catch up with me?
As she got closer, I knew I couldn't handle just sitting still, waiting for her to pounce on me. I needed to run. I needed to escape from her. But I couldn't feel any part of my body. I think this is what it means to be paralyzed.
She got close to where I was sitting with my hand and legs helplessly hanging from the rest of my body, my eyes were the only part of my body that was moving.
Her long nails have started caressing my cheeks, pinching my skin in the process. She was too scary to look at. I closed my eyes but felt her fingers on my eyelids as she whispers into my ears, "Open your eyes little missy"
I opened my eyes immediately thinking it was the dream Milo but saw her face just few inches away from mine. She was laughing hysterically now. Then, I saw my dream Milo standing and leaning on a tree just few feet away from us. Milo is here. I released a breath I didn't know I was holding before. He was here, he was going to save me from this maniac. That was what I thought until I looked up to find a smile plastered on his face. An evil smile. His face was full of evil. He walked towards us chuckling as his palms meet my face. He slapped me. I closed my eyes on the impact of the slap. I tried rubbing my face with my hands. But that evil monster, the female one, just in case you are wondering which one of the two, pulled my hands away from my face and replaced it with hers. Before I had the time to close my eyes again, she shoved her long fingernails into my left eye. I cried out loud as I felt blood rolling down my cheeks.
I tried opening the other eye. Was I blind now?
I could still see, even though my vision was blurred with the blood from my other eye. She took off her mask, so it was a mask after all. I was right. What I saw behind the mask left my mouth wide opened.
It was Cindy.
She was smiling evilly at me.
And I've somehow found myself standing where dream Milo was standing before. He was gone. He has disappeared.
Cindy was now sitting on that tree I said was my favorite. Words were carved cursively into the trunk of the tree.
Sometimes dreams can become a reality
She was standing in front of me again. I felt her nails push into my only remaining eye and I cried out loudly again, waking up.
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"Hey Lily, get into the car" Daisy said.
It's Friday evening, she was picking me up from work, since she drove her personal car all the way here. She drove for five hours straight! We'll go to my house first, freshen up, then meet with Cindy in her house. We were going to have a sleepover.
"I missed you so much my favorite flower" she said hugging me. I hugged her back laughing.
She always said lily was her favorite kind of flower and she was lucky to have a best friend that was named after it. It warms my heart each time she says this.
The ride home was full of gist. Daisy couldn't keep her mouth shut. From one topic to another. But I've missed her so much, and I am enjoying every little story she was telling me. I know, I was with her all through last week but this was different. It was like she was in this part of my life for the first time since I started working here 6months ago.
Daisy was taking a shower in my bathroom while I laid on my back on top of my bed staring into the ceiling.
I wanted Daisy to meet Mia when she came to pick me up from work because I've always told her about how Mia and I were good friends and she wanted to meet her too. But Mia and the HR manager went on a seminar to represent the company yesterday, so she wasn't in the office today.
Mia will be back on Saturday and might still get to see Daisy, since she'll be living on Sunday. Is it weird that I'm missing her already? Like why can't she just stay here with me in my apartment, go to work together with me, and just do everything together.
"Earth to Lily Adams" Daisy said poking my stomach.
"Ouch, Daisy stop it"
"Were you daydreaming about your boyfriend?"
Oh Ziko?
Things has gotten really awkward between us. After Milo called me on Tuesday from Ziko's office. He's been acting weird. He doesn't pick my calls. We don't talk even in the office, he just greets me with a nod in the hallway. I didn't want to push it too hard. I think he needed space. So I was going to give him his space and time to sort things out with himself.
If Ziko thinks Milo is the cause of this rift between him and I. Then, I can assure Ziko that he has nothing to worry about. Nothing would ever happen between Milo and I. Not the dream Milo nor the Boss's son Milo. Milo was absent from work today, and I was so glad I didn't have to face him, not after last night.
"We need to talk Daisy", I said solemnly.
She needed to know. I haven't told her about Milo, I didn't know how to bring up the topic without telling her about my dreams. But I've decided I was going to tell her everything. I couldn't go on like this. I can't do this alone. I look like I'm okay, but half of the time I'm thinking of my nightmares. Yes, they were nightmares now. I tend to not think about it too much when I was working. But getting home after work knowing I was all alone in this apartment wasn't something I looked forward to. I knew I wasn't okay. I'm not okay. And I need to talk to someone about it. Or I might go completely crazy.
I couldn't stop thinking about those words. What do they mean?
Sometimes dreams can become reality
I'm already a little crazy as it is now.
"What is it Lily?" Daisy asked with a little frown on her face when she noticed my mood. She tied her towel around her body more firmly and sat next to me on my bed. I sat up and faced her, ready to tell her everything. But her phone rang!
That f*cking phone should be thrown out.
"Go ahead Lily, it's just Cindy. I'd call her back later."
Just as I was about to start talking, the phone rang again.
"Pick up the call Daisy, we still have time to talk later, I need to take a bath anyway" I said while I entered into the bathroom.
I might not be able to tell her later since we'll be at Cindy's place but I'd definitely tell her everything before she leaves on Sunday. This was driving me insane!
"We'll be there in an hour" I heard Daisy say into the phone before I turned on the water.
I still don't know how I'll look Cindy in the eyes after what happened in my dream last night. I am sure it was Cindy I saw behind that mask. She pulled out both of my eyes.
I was going to be meeting another of my nightmare in person. The only difference was, Cindy is my friend.
You're crazy Lily.